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Protest blocks highways

December 20 2012 // News

The 401 was blocked Wednesday by over one thousand people as part of the Idle No More movement. This is one of many highway blocks over the past few weeks from the movement.

According to Ifpress.com, the movement has been rumbling for years, but what was the last straw was the omnibus budject bill C-45 which contains changes to the Indian act that some Idle No More organizers, as well as people in indigenous communities, have called “discriminatory and racist”.

Montreal’s English hospital system slammed for financial mismanagement

December 20 2012 // News

The Globe and Mail announces the findings of a financial report for Montreal’s English hospital system. The report, commissioned by the provincial government over cost concerns    within the health organization, does not yield a very positive impression.

One of the findings is an even greater deficit than previously known, now possibly $115 million dollars, due to 900,000 hours of unaccounted overtime and financial mismanagement.

Obama promises tougher measures on gun control

December 20 2012 // News

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US President Barrack Obama announced that he intends to implement harsher gun laws in the coming year.

According to CBC News, the president made the announcement following the school shooting last week in Connecticut that claimed 26 lives.

Obama is demanding concrete proposals from congress and hoping to make progress early next year.

December 19th, 2012

December 19 2012 // News

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Arrests made in maple syrup theft

December 19 2012 // News

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According to the CBC, three people were arrested and two have been charged in connection to the $18-million maple syrup theft this past summer.

The thieves made off with 9,600 barrels or 2.7 million kilos of maple syrup from a warehouse in Saint-Louis-de-Blanford.

It was originally estimated that the thieves stole about $30-million dollars’ worth of syrup, but later verification revealed fewer barrels were actually missing.

Petition to add a new Maclean's university ranking category

December 18 2012 // News

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Lately, Quebec universities have been overly criticized as to how they manage their funds.

According to The Gazette, a group of graduate students came to the point of putting up a petition to support their unusual demand.

The students are attempting to convince Maclean’s Magazine to include a new ranking for universities that would be based on ethical investments.

South Korea's latest election underway

December 18 2012 // News

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December 18, 2012

December 18 2012 // News

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Wintry conditions contribute to pileup

December 18 2012 // News

A spectacular pileup on a Quebec highway caused the closure of the road for hours.

According to CBC News, 30 vehicles were involved in the pileup on westbound highway 40. The accident occurred about 100 kilometres from Quebec City.
 
Traffic was diverted onto nearly highway 138 as the closure of the 40 west was needed to clean up the damage.
 
20 people were hurt, some with serious non-life threatening injuries.
 
Poor visibility and icey conditions from a winter storm were blamed.

Inquiry finds poor police investigation

December 18 2012 // News

An inquiry filed the Missing Women Inquiry paints a surprising picture on how police forces in the Greater Vancouver Area handled the case.

The birth of a new park in Nunavik

December 17 2012 // News

The Quebec Government has announced the birth of a new park in Nunavik called Tursujuq.

According to CBC News the Quebec Government worked on the park with the Kativik Regional Government and Aboriginal groups.

The chair of the Kativik Regional Government stated that they began building the park in the 1990`s.

She also stated that they had to overcome many challenges while building the park, such as including the Nastapoka River.

Tursujuq is now the third park within the Nunavik area.

 

December 17th, 2012

December 17 2012 // News

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Shooting in U.S. elementary schools sparks new arguments for tighter gun control

December 17 2012 // News

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Connecticut last Friday has resurfaced new talks on tighter gun control in the U.S. and Canada.

According to CBC News, gun control advocates from both countries voiced their opinions on why action must be taken sooner rather than later. Quebec Premier Pauline Marois who was in New York at the time of the shooting expressed her opinion that gun control must be tightened in the U.S.

Death toll passes 1000 after typhoon hits Philippines

December 17 2012 // News

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The death toll continues to rise after Typhoon Bopha smashed into the southern Phillippines two weeks ago.

According to BBC News, 1020 people are confirmed to have died in the storm. Civil Defence Chief Benito Ramos saqid that with 850 people still unaccounted for, the death is expected to continue rising.

Revised financial report, troublesome for MUHC

December 17 2012 // News

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New reports reveal more serious financial problems at the McGill University Health Centre.

According to the Montreal Gazette, the MUHC expects to be at least 53 million dollars in deficit in 2013.

That’s more than double the amount disclosed at their annual general meeting on Dec. 3, which tallied the MUHC’s operating deficit at 29.3 million dollars.

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